According to most biographies, Picasso himself destroyed the works.
He only wanted them to exist in film.
I've located a DVD copy of this film, bought a video projector and, using the pause button with large 2'X 3' sheets of paper, recreated the works.
They will be on display in Philadelphia during the months of July + August '08.
Gallery's website: http://www.infusioncoffeeandtea.com/
Additonal information on me: http://www.brodian.com
So, how did it go? And are they on the net?
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The exhibition went well.
During the opening, we showed the film and I took a Q+A about how and why I did this.
You can view the works on my blog: http://brodian.blogspot.com/
Thank you for asking!
You did a great job. I like how you made different versions of the same work, at different stages.
Thanks for telling us about this and posting the pics :)
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Very cool! Out of curiosity, what's your take on the one painting that starts out as a rooster but then he blots most of it out with black, making it look like a big face with dog ears or something. I love most of Picasso's work but that one is rather ugly to me. I know his stuff can be abstract but I'm really not even sure what that image is supposed to be. Any ideas?
shareI'm not sure where that man's mind was at when he blotted it out. There's another drawing he does at the beginning of the film that shows an artist looking at a model - that eventually is mostly blackened out.
Ireproduced that in two ways - first, at the point where it is all drawing and then, when it is all blacked out.
You'd have to study the man's entire life to get his point of view (and then, only just maybe).